Display-package for pencils and the like.



No. 893,355. PATENTED JULY 14, 1908. T. MQINTYRE.

DISPLAY PACKAGE FOR PENOILS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12. 1908.

.cils, and in r is lay position.

UNITED srArns PATENT OFFICE.

THADDEUS MCINTYRE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO EAGLE PENCIL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

DISPLAY-PACKAGE FOR PENCILS AND THE LIIGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1908.

Application filed March 12, 1908. Serial No. 420,720.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THADDEUS McINTYRE, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Display- Package for Pencils and the Like, of which the'following is a specification.

This invention relates to a dis lay package for pencils-that is to say, a ac ing for pencils and the like, which can old them comactly for transportation and yet can be unfolded as a stand to display the pencils.

The dis lay package comprises essentially a top, ant two sides hinged or ointed to the top so that they may be either folded to-' ether or spread apart, in the latter position forming the legs or supports of the display stand. In the top piece are formed two parallel rows of holes for the passage of individual pencils, the holes in the one row being -o posite to the intervals between the holes in t e other row. On the inner face, and at or near the lower edge of, each side piece, is a box or hold .r provided with receptacles for holding the lower ends of the individual pencils of one of the rows. Thus when the packa e is filled there will be two rows of pencils which, when the sides are closed, will lie together in two compact rows,but, when the sides are spread apart, will cross one anotherv above the top of the package, thus forming an effective CllS lay stand; The sides (which in effect form t e legs of the stand) are prevented from spreading apart too far b the wedging action of the pencils in the ho es in the top piece, due to the fact that the pencils when thus dis layed are diagonal or inclined relatively to t 1e top, instead of standing upright and at right angles thereto.

The package is not only effective for display urposes, but can be very cheaply and expec itiously manufactured from a single piece of cardboard scored on lines along which the cardboard is to be bent or folded in order to produce the device.

In the accom anying drawing to which I shall now refer or a better understanding of my inventionFigure 1 is a perspective view of the ackage holding a dozen lead pen- Fig. 2 is an end elevation of t e same with the sides folded together in packing position. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the package without pencils, with sides partly spread apart and a portion of one side broken away to expose the pencil holder within.

A is the top of the package having in it two parallel rows of holes a for passage of indi- O posite the intervals between the holes in tl ie other row. In this instance the packa e is designed to hold a dozen pencils, and t ere are six holes a in each row.

B are the sides of the package hinged or jointed in any suitable way to the top A so that they may fold together or spread apart.

* =On the inner face and at or near the bottom of each side piece, is a holder, comprisin essentially a base 0 u on which the ends 0 the pencils can rest, an above the base a stripin which are formed six holes I) for the passage of the ends of the individual pencils. The holes I) in each holder are directly beneath the-six holes a of that row in the top A nearestto theside B of that holder.

When a package thus made, is filled with pencils P, as indlcated in Figs. 1 .and 2, it may 'be either folded together compactly for transportation as in Fig. 2, or set up in the osition shown for display pur oses in Fig. 1. In this latter position the si es are spread apart, forming the legs of the display stand, and owing to this divergence of the sides the portions of the two rows of pencils which protrude above the top A, cross one another, and

form a most effective display. The too great spreading apartof the sides B is revented by the wedging action of'the penci s B in the holes a, which of course increases with the obliquity of the sides (and consequently the pencils) to the top A.

' The ackage can conveniently and cheaply be ma e of a single sheet of cardboard, and

this is the construction represented in the drawing. All that is needed, after forming the holes a and b at the proper points in the sheet, is to score the sheet on the lines along which it must be bent to form the top A, the two sides B and the box-like holders one on the inner face of each side B. The inner flap m of each holder will be glued to the ad'oining face of side B. The construction is fully represented in the drawing and will be understood without further explanation. The cardboard may have an ornamental cover of 'aper or other material of any desired colormg and design.

Having described my invention and the into effect, I state in conclusion that I do not limit myself to the structural details hereinbest way known to me of carrying the same before set forth in illustration of my invention since manifestl the same can be varied without departure from the spirit of the invention; but

What I claim herein as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A display package for pencils and the like comprising a top provided with arallel rows of oles for the passage of in ividual pencils, the holes in one row being 0 posite the intervals between the holes in t e adjoining row, and sides hinged to said top so that they may fold together orspread apart, and provided each on its inner face With a holder to receive the ends of the pencils which passthrough one of the rows of holes in the top substantially as and for the purposes herelnbefore set forth.

2. A dis lay package for pencils and the like formed of a single strip of cardboard bent and folded to form the top A, the sides B and the box-like holders one .on the inner face of each side, the'to A having parallel rows of holes a, and .eac holder D having a row of holes I) correspondin to one of the rows a, as and for the purposes ereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THADDEUS MoINTYRE. Witnesses:

SAMUEL KRAUS, P. H. BUOKMASTERV 

